The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02

pah ute and southeastern districts.
These districts are of sufficient import
ance to demand that better pro-
vision be made for their bust
ness. Our examinations to that
! end developed the fact that not
only could route be obtained from
the Frieburg summit around the base Of
the Frieburg mountain on the eastern
side of Penoyer Valley, thence eastward
through faVorabiy adapted pass into
! TIm-PAH- UTE VALLEY,
where we could be in close proximity
/ to the very heart of the districts, but
that it is undoubtedly accessible by two
other routes. One of these routes ex-
tends from Duck Valley Pass, and Is
that one to which prior reference has
been made in connection with the con-
| fiicting interests affecting location from
that point.
Its course first is southwest through
| Duck Valley to point where it crosses
the Ely range through pass just north
of Bristol; thence it is westerly across
Desert Valley, passing through the
mountains at the northern end of
Pah-roek Valley; thence to the Tim
pah-ute Pass it is southwest along the
easy slopes skirting the eastern
side of Coal Valley. This pass ex-
the Frieburg. Tim-pah-ute and
Pah-ran -agat Mountains, and in these
mountains are located the districts in
question. The course through this pass
and the Tim-pah-ute Valley beyond
will be southwes erly to junction with
| the Freiburg route, extending from
Pepoyer Valley.
Our examinations over this route
were confined to the principal points at
| which we expected to find the greatest
difficulties. The summit of the Bristol
Pass is distant from Duck Valley Pass
| approximately twenty-seven miles. It
has an elevation of 5,8l7 feet above the
sea, and embraces a distance of about
fourteen miles. Over this distance q
maximum grade of from ninety to
| ninety-fiVe feet may be required for
| nine or ten miles. The grades over
| the remaining distance will vary
from twenty to thirty feet. The eastern
\ ascent is smooth and uniform, and the
cost OF construction will be light. On
| the west side the descent Is cirCuitous
over broken and ridgy ground. and for
distance of eight or nine miles the
cost of grading will be quite heavy; but
| other side, the average cost will not be
unusual. Our examinations of the pass
through
THE PAH-RoCR MOUNTAINS 81.
were made with hand level and field
glasses from elevated points. It pre-
sents the appearance of low detached
hills and ridges, with features quite as
70 m ctrT1a Of
the Bristol Pass. The summit of Tim
pah-ute Pass is distant from Bristol
summit about seventy-seven miles. 1t
has an elevation of 5,755 feet auoYe the
sea, and for distance of about seven
miles on the northern ascent maxi
mum grade Of ninety five feet per
mile may be required. On the south
side maximum grade varying
from ninety 10 100 feet per
mile may be needed for about
six or seven miles in reaching
Tim pah ute Valley. No really heavy
or expensive work is here met with, as
the pass, with the exception of about
one mile, is quite open and uniform.
The average cost of construction over
those parts of the route to which our
immediate examinations we're confined,
will be quite reasonable, and over the
others we do not apprehend the exist
ence OF any impeachment or obstruction
of any consequence.
THE SCARCITY OF WATER
or its inconvenient distance from the
line, will be difficulty TO overcome by
the sinking of wells or by piping for q
considerable distance. Some cross ties
can be obtained from the Tim-pah- ute
and Pah-ran-agat ranges, as patches of
timber (mostly yellow pine) are found
in these mountains. The other
and least important of the two
Greek, and through Coal Val
ley on the smooth slopes extending
from the base of the Golden Gate range;
thence forward through the .Tim-pah
ute Pass and beyond, it is common with
the Bristol route. The object of this
route would be to shorten the distance
between Cave Valley Pass and the Tim
pan-ute Valley should the interests ut
stake demand the location through
Sierra Valley instead of Bristol. The
cost of constructing would be light, as
the ground is for the most part smooth
and unbroken, and no heavy grades of
long duration will be encountered.
Should the route be extended into
Ilm-pah-ute Valley via the eastern
side of Penoyer Valley, some mod.
erately heavy work will oe encountered
for about two and half or three miles
on the eastern side of the intervening
pass. This pass has an elevation
of $3.50 feet above the sea level, twenty
feet less than that of the Freiburg; q
maximum grade of about So or 80 feet
may be required for about four or five
miles. The lighter grades will vary
from 0 70 60 feet, and the average COST
of construction over the entire distance
of about "a miles covered between the
Freiburg summit and the point of con-
junction with the other routes in Tim
pahute Valley will be comparatively
light. The distance to this point from
the summit of
DUCK VALLEY PASS VIA FREdRURG DIVIDE
is about 154 miles, while the approx
mated distance via Bristol Pass and
Coal Valley is lis miles. From the
junction of routes in Tim pah-ute VAL
ley to a connection with the first line
extended south from the Freiburg sum-
NIT to the vicinity of disappointment
Spring in Emigrant Valley, distance